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XB-ART-18384
RNA 1996 Apr 01;24:324-33.
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The U18 snRNA is not essential for pre-rRNA processing in Xenopus laevis.

Dunbar DA , Ware VC , Baserga SJ .


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The U18 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) is one of several newly discovered intron-encoded nucleolar RNAs whose function is unknown. We have studied the accumulation and function of the U18 snRNA in oocytes of the vertebrate, Xenopus laevis. The U18 snRNA contains 13 nt complementary to a highly conserved sequence in 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Three oligonucleotides, selected to contain all or some of the complementary sequence, deplete the U18 snRNA upon injection into Xenopus oocytes. Injection of two of the oligonucleotides has no effect on pre-rRNA processing or ribosome transport. Injection of the third oligonucleotide does interrupt pre-18S rRNA processing, but this is due to coincidental simultaneous depletion of the U22 snRNA. The U18 snRNA is the first nucleolar snRNA that is not essential for ribosome biogenesis in vertebrates.

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